Chillin'Competition

Jean Quatremer, on his excellent blog Les Coulisses de Bruxelles, report that Joaquín Almunia stands first in the race for the Competition portfolio in the next Commission. J. Almunia currently holds the portfolio of  European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs.  His résumé can be found here. N. Kroes will certainly be reappointed as Commissioner in charge of trade policy.

No doubt my co-blogger Alfonso, a Spanish citizen, will comment on this should Almunia’s appointment be confirmed.